Pricing & Fees

Shipping Rates

Complete the order form for your particular request and determine the total cost of the material you wish to have duplicated and enter it in the appropriate place on the order form.

Refer to the SHIPPING RATES CHART below. Cross-index your location and the total cost of your order. The amount shown in the chart is the shipping charge for your order. Example: the shipping charge for a US$ 35.00 order to Canada would be US$ 15.00.

Enter the shipping charge in the appropriate place on your order form.

Total the duplication charge and shipping charge and enter this amount under TOTAL

B. These materials are shipped in an envelope, folded if necessary. Shipments within the United States and US Territories are sent via First Class Mail. Shipments to all other countries are sent via Air Mail Letter Post. If you are ordering drawings larger than 8.5" x 11" and wish to have them shipped rolled in a tube rather than folded, please indicate this clearly on your order form and include shipping based on a US$ 20.01 - 50.00 order.

C. These materials are shipped either rolled in a tube (drawing orders) or in padded envelopes or boxes (documents or microfilm orders). Shipments within the Contiguous United States are sent via UPS Ground; shipments to Alaska, Hawaii, or US territories are sent via Priority Mail. Shipments to all other countries are sent via Air Parcel Post.

D. For orders greater than US$ 200.00, include shipping based on a US$ 50.00 - 200.00 shipment. You will be billed for any charges in excess of the amount shown.

Waco Aircraft Drawings from aperture cards
"Prints made from an aperture card are $5.00 per Waco drawing number, regardless of the number of sheets required to reproduce a specific drawing. Some large drawings must be reproduced on several sheets. Each aperture card print sheet is 18 x 24 inches in size."

Film and Audio Archives Costs & Fees

Research Fee

$62.50 per hour, minimum of 3 hours ($187.50)

Film to Videotape (any format)

cost +20% (approximately $1,000.00 per hour)

Videotape to DVD

$40.00 per title

Audio CD

$40.00 per title

Usage Fees

Smithsonian Institution photographs, drawings, film, audio recordings or other materials may not be reproduced, resold, or commercially used without specific written permission from the Smithsonian Institution.

Permission to reproduce works in the collections of the National Air and Space Museum Archives must be requested in writing. The request must indicate the exact purpose of the reproduction, including title, author, publisher, approximate print run and publication date for books or magazines or equivalent information for video, film, web or other use. Fees for uses not shown below will be determined on a case by case basis.

Fees shown are for one-time, non-exclusive use, world rights. Reuse of material in later editions will be considered a new request.

Format

Fee per item used

Use of still image in a book with a print run of 5,000 or under*

$20

Use of still image in a book with a print run of 5,001 or over

$50

Use of still image on cover of any book

$100

Use of still image in a periodical with a circulation of 10,000 or under*

$20

Use of still image in a periodical with a circulation of 10,001 or over

$50

Use of still image on cover of any periodical

$100

Use of still image in film or video

$100

Use of still image on web or internet site (commercial site)

$125

Use of still image on web or internet site (nonprofit site)

Negotiable

Use of still image in electronic media

$50

Use of material for museum project (application must be submitted by full-time staffer of museum)